The Semi-Finals Field is Set!
Nearly 600 athletes will compete for a half-million dollars in the qualifying round of RFD-TV’s THE AMIERICAN presented by Polaris RANGER.
For the second time Kendra Dickson, Aubrey, Texas took home the $5,000 check awarded to the Best Dressed WPRA Barrel Racer at the Fort Worth Stock Show given in memory of Jerry Ann Taylor.
With the first 21 performances in the books at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo held at Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum, it’s 2014 WPRA Rookie of the Year Sarah McDonald and Fame Fling N Bling holding down the No. 1 spot in the barrel racing standings as the semifinals get underway later today.
Paraplegic barrel racer Amberley Snyder will compete for $1M in RFD-TV’s THE AMERICAN rodeo in AT&T Stadium on March 1.
Recently, Barrel Horse News visited with industry leaders about the topic of outcross genetics for a feature story you will find in the forth-coming February issue. Incidentally, some of the most recent Barrel Futurities of America World Championships standouts were the product of outcross genetics, often crossed on some of today’s most popular barrel racing bloodlines.
“Well barrel racing fans…this was made for TV! The pressure is off of Babyflo and I…we will either be crowned pretty good, really good or damn good lol so we are gonna keep having fun and see where the chips fall,” read the Facebook post of Fallon Taylor & Babyflo after last night’s performance.
“Today I honestly tried to run him off,” Jackie Ganter laughed as she described her game plan during the Barrel Futurities of America junior barrel race.
The final round of the Barrel Futurities of America held in Oklahoma City, Dec., 8-13, 2014 was full of blazing times and roaring crowds. Opening the short round with a special dedication to Phil Goostree, the BFA took time to honor a forerunner in the barrel industry. He was a dedicated barrel racing producer and co-founder of D&G Productions, along with Chuck Dunn, and was remembered in the BFA arena.
When Trula Churchill left Valentine, Neb., for her third trip to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Nev., she made it a goal to earn her first go-round win in the Thomas and Mack arena. Tonight, in the ninth go-round, she made that goal a reality when she clocked a 13.67 to top the round aboard her home-raised gelding, A Streak Of Rita.